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Change of Addres

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SUSSEX INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY SOCIETY Rltampind Cbri No 267159

NEWSLETTER NO 4B ISSN 0263 516 X

OCT03ER 19B5

CHIer CONTESrS

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~rea Sec re t a r ies Repo rt3 Indu5tria l Ar c na eol 0gy by Degrees 3r1 ~kMsk1nB i n S~ssex

AlA COnre rflce

FORTHCDMllG EV ENTS

12t h otobe r - Vis1 t to Ha rveys Brelolemiddotry This vls ~ ~ i s no~ full and no more members can be a ocepted

th November ~ AaM followed by talk Raillola y ArChitecture Past and ~resent

(Se e Ion Martins formal Notice ) 1986 - The progr a mme f o r 19B6 is now being planned

Could you l ea d o r a rrange a v isit Could you assi s t me i n ar r 3 ng1ng the programme I wQul d till li ke SQ~eone el j euro to join a runall c omr i t~ e e to arra nge the visits Could you spare a small amount e f t ime

Don Cox

o rganised by other Sacietiemiddots

16th lovember - aU day SAS BHAS Local Hi3tory Semina r Lea t tle r I ndustry in Sussex ~lr G Mead Urban Studi3 Cetre Grand a Cade Brighton In f ormation from Hr D IV Se tchley 3 Surrenden Crescent ltl righton 70p SA S members ~100 no n-m~mbeCs

SASSouthampton University Clay Schools

2ntl ~ov eenber - at Steyning GraMmar School Steyning 7th Decembe r - a t West Sus s e x ecord Office Chichester 111t Febr utl r y - a t fo r r es t CO(llJlun t y S~ hoo l io r ahallJ 1st Ma rch - at le s t Su s e x Ins ti tute Bognor Regts

See SAS ewl e tte for further inforation anq other all 1 1l mee t i ngs

Rpor t on i isits

Ju~e - ~embers ~vening

rUp1ns )1us eUIIl i n ShorehiUl ~ f gh Street salol a bo ut 38 me mbe r s and f r i end s ass u1lble ~r a ve r y pl easant e ve ni ng or hort ta l kS co t r ee a nd ge ne r al na t t ering lie nad

bri ef his to r y o f Ma r l1plns and a s lide s how o f t he reoent ~hange9 a t t he Bri gh ton ~ llway St ati on and el Englard 3r l dt e areas Thh IoIas fc llowed by s Ollle cof f ee nd 11 chance t o look arc und the mu~eum Th i s ltla some yen good el(hbtt s inc l udi ng

~ I l(CeUen t s erl es o f ma ps 1howi ng t he de velopcent of horeham t middottn and he harbour We ll IoIor t h 3 se pa r a t e v ~s i t

1 Oth J Ul y - Tour of St)r r lngt on Mi ll s led by Mr bullbull J Ham

Although the i s it was ma r r e(l by a hea vy sho~er of r a1 n t he Ii t of Ule time IoI 3 S aunny end el ) b l ed t tle 35 peole t o s e e t he r e rna i p9 of hr p e IoI iH e r-mills and one l ndm1l1 The most i rt 9r e s t i ng ~ere t he tlolO IoIa t lr -ll1 1l3 tnat dre nolol used 13

P J Ho l t ham E W OS he3 RM alme r thr-m~rson I F Tl gh we l li ngs but ~adl y no ma chinery r ema i ns Thank you 119 flam f o r a very t nt e r est tng a ft ernoon

or- ) x PLEA~ NOTE Latest acceptance date for copy f or t he J a nua ry Newsletter Is

16th DEC EHBER

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~~L~~S ClAY NUTL E r~ I J middot~ L tth Octo ber 1 95

An oppor~unity ~~ r mill e ~ tnusias ts to C ~ c y a ~3y i n Susse x ~eather

~e ~ iting fl) ur ~ill ~ a ~ ~ )U r1 a ni l i s Co r 3 W 11 be a bl e to semiddot~ the ~ill or~ing I A I - pm cc-e t s 00 le i rc ude Mi ll r s Lunch fur her enq~iI ~S tD ~ r ~ta ( y -rs A Lun~ -he l sta rd Pot Fairwar Lc r~i tl middotj I ~ 5 t ~u5se xJ lt2 jar el Nu t l e y ~632 or ~o B a n P1 e StreaTJ Co ttage COamp~i 1 3 --H11 ~iyfield Eas 3 u s 5 e x T~(_ C oP t ttl foa yf leld 873367

Sa ito r s Not e This no tic e a s r-=c e ve-d t oo la e fu r u middot l ictl Dn u t~je l~ne

~ -2 sl c tter I bu t 1tembers a y ave t he c PPI r tunity l e at tend a s i mi lar f Wicti 0 n at a later date

~ORTH SUSS EX REA SECS SA~rS REPORT

Ifield ~ill

A very -ccessfulmiddotJpen Day wa s held during t he eummer o rganised by the Crawley Muse ut) Society Regu l a r Q n ng ~ u ring 1q66 i ll be one v i t f1 e objective 2nd urther d i 3paY3 r e bei ng J r3 n~ J

bel 11amp po tio ned to carry out trial lt11 i o h llV t hi s erected d uring the

ed nd we s hall be some way t owards mi ll s tones

Lowfield Heth Wi~~ill

~)tati C 13 Co r tt ~middot e V tHi ~l J 0 1 middot tortiJn are due shortly ~ain contrac(or 3n r r anged between the interest~ discuss i L AS is well represen td liS

Reports ro~ ect proceeds because muc h depencs upon lrll~ c shy

Ott-er rew~

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to sa l vage t he plaQu

WE ST SUSS2X AREA SECEVP~S REP On

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11 CoU l l ~ lIhilw 0 24 July in t he cour s e o f their Summer ~eet inp 1

S0re 30 member s o f th e Royal ArcrIec logi ca l

ovrtz Bdde ( C-i chester CGnal)

The eplacenent s ee l girders rave ecn lM middotU Ilnd ll bullbulldy to ~la c e i~ pos ition

E~gl~sh Heritage are ~ s sessing our i =tYu o ~ lrdol h cos t of resto ring th e brijge

IlM PA LMER

~ ~~~ CH INE TO TENE8CEN

A fjr~er 3l bum i rle5 ~a9 pub lis hed on 24 ~n Headc orn a nd Robertsbrl ge

was unusual in tnat t r na ti ona lised in 1948 0 o f a ~dalshy

coache~

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Happy memories of the past are aroused - the Hop Pickers Specials Excursion trains for Hop Pickers Friend3 a nd o f l ess busy times when the l ocomot ive was often r ea v l er than i ts tra in Th e ful l s tory o f the line ~3

portra yed from Edwardia n t i mes Jp ~o th e touri st steam t r a ins of t oday

The uniq ue f l a vou r of t ne rail way was due l argely t o th e act t ha t most of t he rol ling s toc k was seco nd - ha nd and s oon became h ist~ r i c Th is ~s p ect of the railway is fully illustrated and descr ibed in t he captlcns

The 120 photographs with many ticket s labe ls and tl metables from the pas t c ombi ne t oge ther to make an im po rtan t contribution t o loca l his t o ry It is a va i l a ble in hard covers fr om local booksellers a nd ne wsagen t s o r po s t free from t he publishers Middleton Press Ea se bourne Lane Imiddotlidhurst West Sussex GU29 9Al

INDUST RIAL ARCHA EOLOGY BY DEG~EES

I have recently ccmpleted a three year Degree cour s e i n Industrial c~aeology at The City o~ Liverpool College ~ f Higher Ed ucatlon u nder the aegis

of La nca s ter University I th ought pe r ha ps that members of t h is SOC iety would be inte r ested in an outline of the courses

The first yea r was largely a preparatory year for the next two inc luding s u r vey i ng techni q ues and developing pho t og r a phs Survey work wa s done a t Herculeneum Dock i n Liverpool no w t he Garde n Fes t i val site a nd its car park Lecture topics included a se ries on t he hist o ry of t he industrial revoluti on as well as practicals on gathering information fr om maps and documents

The second term concentrated mainly on the technol ogy and history of t ransport i ncludi ng turnpikes canals and railways with visits to local canal features (at which some survey work was done ) and to the Railway Museum at York

TI e third te rm concertrat ed on the ha rnessing of power - animal water and wi nd Fi na l l y s t ea ~ power wa s co nsi c e r ed During chis term a f i e ld weekend in Snowd o ni a was included with visits to Llynon windmil l and Howel l watermill in Ll ~ ndeusa nt Ang les e y as well as to tt-e North ales Slate li ni ng Museum Some work was also j one on the interpretation of ph otographs

At the end of the year a f ield week t o the West Midlands was organised and work wa s cone for t he alack Ccuntry Museum I wa s in vol ved in the survey and dra wi ng up o f a ke yma kers worksho p at New Inve nti on Thi s Jas to be re-erected o n the Museums si t e at Dudley

Over the year four essays ere done a nd a practic a l file was compiled at the ~nd of t h e year The file enabled the s tllcent to d ispla y ni a or her Llle ct 3 a t s cale drawing t a king f ie ld notes cevel oping pho t ographs o btaining informshy~ tion from maps and docume~ts as well as a range of i nterest s gained from th e ou rse and perso nal e n thusiasms

The seco nd year began with a course on bui l d ing materials and building practices inc l ud i ng a survey of a timber-framed bu i ld ing on Merseyside a look at the rema ins of l yd i at e Hall and scme nineteenth century workers housi ~g in St Hele ns as well a s see i ng some ho usi ng and i~dustr la l bu i l d ings in Greater Manc he ster Th i s visl t t oc ilt in Gr ~ na~ a TV s st udios rf a ter Street iltlnC he3 ter and the Corcna ti~n Street set 3tJ rvey work wa s also u~dertake~ aL fa i rri es Tat e amp Lyle Sugar ware nc use in iverpool before lt was demolished

The second and t ~ rd terms l ooked at various industries including coal (pljs a visit to Salforc ~ini ng Muse cn) i ron texti l es (oIith a visit to Ea s t wnc3shire s r 3t11) t n ~ oo ll en inJus try and the ch e mical irdustry in south middotIest La nca s hire The cOPfe r idustry in the ~orth iest was discussed and visit to the Greenfield j ~ l ley in ~orth ales Ias made rre g lass industry in ~cHeles Jag covered as well as tre 3rO th of te ndustrlal to rn in 3ereral The ~ eve l opment of public serVI c es c a ~e u ~~~r consideration a~d finally the archaeshyology of agricul tu re Jnd jevelop~e n ts in far~ buildl ng3 and layout were looked at

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A visit to the Ironbri~ge Corge ~useu~ was also ~ rranged for this year Fieldwork for the Black Country Muse was undertaken eerzll ~imes during the year The year c l os ed 111th a ek- l ong vi s it t e SouL cc3 - ch c Jr middotgtntrated on the tec hniques ne e ded in writing and r s earching jissert3~ic ns rfcrtunately du e to illness I cou ld not attend this week

Cour sework f or the second year wa s three es sa ys a nd a stel y which fo lloled similar lines to the practica l file but conce ntrate d on o r e topic

The third year cou rse entailed the conservation of tna st r i al si te s a nd artefacts The cou-s e included seve ra l ectures f r om est s peake r w ns e rvati on t e enni es fo r t he pre s erv t io n of ferr ous a nd non - f er r ous ~e al 9

U m er and pape r were d s c us sea ci S ~ell a s stone br i ck and conc r e t e There was also a course on rec r e a t 0 a 1 ~a nagement a nd industr ial archaeology IIhich concentrated on he orban i sat i on of fa c il it i es on s i tes o f istorical in te r est 3 well as i nt e r pr e t a tl cn techniques Thi s i nc l u ed in f rma t on boa r ds an l eafle t s Audio-v_isual tec hn iqles for gili ng i nforrn a tion were a lso discuse d

The course work fo r the third year involved three ess ays a repo r t on an aRpect o f interpretation or conservation as well as a disse rtation

Throughout the three years fieldw rk tri ps were arranged mos tly to the West Midland to work for the Black Cou ntr y Museum Some ~ork was a130 one on a glass cone in St Helens ~ ~d a copper r olli ng mi ll in the s ame town

Third ~euroars were 1190 involved in the first years s ur ve y work to l end their experience and to help to get the work fini shed

Wit h the College located so near to Li verpoo l nUCt1 o f t he ~ie l dwork and Some of the third year lectures we re concentra t ed u on ~he North es t o f t he country as were s o e of the second year topics Thi s was no b d h i g wren one considers the industr ial he ritage of the area

The Department is a small one headed by Hr John Crompten ( whom 30me read e rs may have met) and credit must go to ri m for co unica t ing his obvious enthusiasm for th e sub ject to hi s s tudent s a nd for enabl ing t he s bj ect to be pursued for a f ull t hree year Degree course Un f o r tunately the oegr ee is no t t o HOnours standard

CHRIS HJ ~I L SON

BRICKHAKING IN SUSSEX

The foll owing extrac t frolD ne Sussex Daily News of 8 February 1912 was dis covered by our member Hi ss EB Glaisyer in a scrap book i n Worth i ng Libra r y

A WAR NHAM INDUSTRY

A leadi ng Sussex indust ry is that o f brick-making f or on l arge a nd small scal es i t is to be met with wher e ver one care s to t r a ve l At Wa rnham mod ern me t hod s can be seen at work t o th f u es t e xt ent Ther he Sussex Bric and Es tate s Company Ltd who hav~ also ano~h~r ig works a t Southwat~r shew the l a t est thing 1n brlck-making for speed of ou put combi ned of course with qua li t y The latest venture of this progreSSive Company is in the direct on of mor e r apid and economical method of exca~atin the clay and yester~ay afternoon a par~y wa s t ken over the place and shewn ctly hOIl thlS is lone first h par t y wa entertained to jinner 3L the SLat ion Hotel Horsham Mr Harry Wad y th e Chairman ~r the Company resided and was supported by Mr ~Lewar t Whltehouse the Managing Director 111th other Directors nd a represen tative co~pany of interested e r sons Sulse uently Hr CJ Scott ave t he t oast of Succes s t o the Sussex Brick and Es tates Company and continued pros penty sayIng he cou ld conflj ~ ntl y ant cipate its eallzation he Compa ny had gone through many vici SSi tude s and many tr i a l s bu t the coura ge o f th e Direc t ors ha d brou gh t them safely t hr ough and now the y were in a ve ry s t rong position

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P L~N TY OF WORK FOR ~E DIS PLACED

Hr Ha r r y W jdy res p nded in ha ppy erm and inc i dent a lly r e1a r ked t ha t IIhile t ne ne w lac in e lIoul displ ace aoout 12 me n it w 9 a great graUC l ca t ion to all embers oC the 9vard t o knOll that hc ser e s of the en w ul no t be d i spense ~ ith bu that they would b ~oJnd iOlenty oC lIork in other branche s of the corn pa l y By speCi al t ra i he corn any lIere then taken to warnham whe r e 1r -Iady pulled the start i ng leve r o t tne stean digge r tnd 11 e r e e a have a g cd v -ew of ltS lIor k d ~os sibl l i t ie9 The plant COnS 1SS 0 3 st eam navvy automa t i c hoppe r and a c lay c onve yor and can d i g an 1ischar e in to wa gons abou t 1 i ~on ~ f r r d c la i ha f a minut e the speed and r cil ~ty of worklng e i ng a r eve l a t ion A d r i r and a f i r ema n upon t he IlaChlne and two o r th r ee me n around it a r e all that a re ne cessa ry fo r the output of ~OO t ns of clay equ i red by the Company 0 ma~e their out put of 1 O GO O bricks per iay T e enormou 1eman for t e ir commcn pressed bricks has rendered iperat_ve the expenditure oC pound1 250

ich ha been ~nculred on t e 1n t a1 l a t i on of th 5 plant Mter an inspect i on he wo r~3 he compa ny e r e take n DY ttain to Southwater to viell t he wo r ks

there a nd ) b~eqentl y bac k to Horsham where tea was ser ved

Th is r epor t is i nteresting ror a number o f r easons At the outset it makes olear how nume r ous a nd wi de s pread were the br ic kya r ds i n Sus s e x t n t he pe riod be fo re th e 0 t br eak o f the First world War Neari y all of t he se works ere for ced t o c l ose during the war and only a small proportion re-opened subsequently The writer then expatiates on the new technology hich was designed to boost the output of the more progressive companies of which the Susse x Brick and Estates C mpany was one of the largest( 1) The hole article breathes the self-confiderce typical of this period The chartering of a spec ial train to take the party from Horsham to Warnha m 3nd then to Southwater and the ge~eral le vel of hospitality offer ed must su rely ~a ve achieved the desired e[fect

An 3ccount of brickmaking at Warnham covering the period from 1888 to the present day ha s r centl y been given to the Brick Study Group(2) This can be consulted by any ~ embe r who is interested

(1) see n0 9 i n SIAS Newsletter NoQ O for detatls cf thi s company (2) ar r r l Cl nistorcal Soci ety Ccntri ion No9 BricaraKi lg ear Warnham

by r1S Whitehouse MB

CHALK PITS MUS~UM - MBERLEY

We are happy to report that in spi te of summer being a non-event this year ~e have had a n extre~e ly successful season wit h inc ~ea sed numbers of visito r s over last yea r

(~ An interesting re cent acquisition from the World War I perod is a sweeping dc hine made by SIli th s of Baynards Castle It us ed to be drawn by a steamshyroller to seep roads before tarmac Ias applied

Cu rrently we are ~escuing to further items One is a ho rizontal ~ack saw bench fr c m Ivorys ~ar~ at Cowfo ld This ill be sited in the timber yard during

e au umn The ot her ite~ is a clay grinding pan f r om Pedland 3rickworks ac ~a r nh3m It ha s t wo heavy C33 t iron roll~rs i ~ a re v~ v ing pa n of 9 fe et di amee r and was u e d fo r g r ljir~ 5 nc cr~shig c ldY pr j or to t he ~a -i f ac ture o f bricks Its actu31 dat e is u nown but is believed to be from t he period 1890-1920

Cur plans for vou nteers working through the winter i1c lude a ~e w entra ~ce

a rea i ~provement o f r ~a _s and t ~ e general i mpro~ me nt of inte r pre t a tion and cap t i ni ng

AlA C(I ~ FERENCE IN CU SGm lC h- 15 tn September

Seve ral ~e nber9 of t~e Soc iety ade the long j~~ rney to Glasgow cor this ye3 r s AlA Conference which as preceded by the cus c -3 ry visits to v3rtOUS places of industrial 3rchaeology interest

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0ur firs t vsit as to the frigate L ~lI CORN in Dundee This ship is the olje st British built a rspip still afloat ( Le not in dry j ock like eMS Vr Tc Y)

It was built in t~e early 32 s as one cf 3 number ordered 3 t ne time ~s by that time the threat of la po leo n had disappeared these sh ips were gtut into r~serve4 It is i~ terest~ng t o note that t1 ey rad ne ve r t ee n rigged Records in ( icate h 3 t 20 rlggers co l d have rigge~ the ship in j ust un e r 10 Jays if required for actior The UN CO~N Preservation Society i n tend to rig the ship but e xrect it will take th e~ r ather longer Also c f interest is the fact that although she is essentially a wooden vessel iron bracings were used to strengthen the tiClbers

We then went on to the Fishermens Museum at AnstrClther in fife which houses an excellent co llection of tool s of the fisherman 5 skill through the ages returning t o Glasgow in the sun sh i ne with magnificent views o f the Fi~th of Forth especially the new road bridge whi ch we c ros sed and the late 19th ce ntury ra il br idge bull

The following day we were taken to s ee the furnace at 90nawe o n Loch Etiv probably the most complete example of a charcoal - fuelled lron- fu r nac e a nywhe re in 3r i ta in With it cha rcoa l s hee s and ircn - o re shed st i ll s tandlng at a nigher level than the charging house it clearly demonstrates that it required far more charcoal (as t hese sheds had far more storage capacity) than iron-ore The furnace dates from 1752 On the way back we stopped off at th e Auchindrain frm folk-life museum This is a collection of partially restored original build i rgs on the last c omm unal-tenancy farm site wo rked in Scotland right into the 1950s Communal tenanc y was an arr3ngement entered into by seve ral families to lease land for holding 3nd working to achieve self-~ ufficiency In later years bartering and then money for making purchases of esse~tials crept lnto the system

Thursda y saw us departi ng to the South for a v i s it to the Hanlockhead lead mines and Bi ggar Gaswors There are three main attractions at Wa nl ockhld the Loch Nell Mine the Leacir cmiddot J 1useum and the Mining Trail We were taken in parties of 15 at a time ~y an easy level walk about 200 yards into the 18th century mi ne where we we~e shown a number of geological and technical features with a reconstructed ~ining sce ne at the far end The Museum houses a fascinating collection which ill~strates the technical and social history of the industry The Mining Trail was simple to fo ll o w from the leaflet provid e d and t ook us to the various remai ns of the incus try including the water-actuated beam engine

Biggar Gaswcrks is a splend i dly preserved example of a Victorian installation for a small town whi c h looks as though it could be made to work again at sho rt notice should the supply o f North Sea gas suddenly fail At 3iggar we also visited the Gladstone Court Museum where re cons tructions of a number o f sma ll s hops exhibit a uthentic goods and a ppl i ances

On Friday we had rapi d t our of the Lady ictor i Co ll ier y at Newtorgran This village was a o t al mini ng vi l l age having bee n erected by the orig1 na l o wne r who e~ployed their own min i ster a nd pol i ceman The col l ery i s in the early stages of r e novat i on by t he Scot t i s h Mi ning Museum who have made a very i m r~S~iye s ta r t t o a mammoth task The Stea m Windi ng Engine for t e 1650 ft deep pit d

in perfe c o r der a nd a s been steamed r cen t y The Scottisll 1lning Museum are a lso res ponsi l e f or the Prestongrange Coll iery s ite on the banks of the firth ~r For t h wher e t here is a ~el l s e t ou t exni bi tion o f mining ~chines and tools ~e

of the key f ea t ures o f th is H e is t e gian t beam e ngi il by Harve y s o f Ha yle in Cornall (1 87 ~ ) Thi s i s housed in the o r igi nal e gi ne hou s e ~hich i s open t o viSitors and the beam is st ill i n place

On our return we en joyed a t ou r round Lorlmer and Clarks Ca ledonian Brewery on th e les t side o f Edmiddot nburgh ~here lie were promi s ed a si1 pl e of th ir product but unfor t una t e ly our OU r l~aaer declJe ~ha t time d i d not permit us t o pa r t a ke in he ir ~o pi tali t y ~e woul pre f er t o r e ma l n na me l ess a s he is now i n the record cor rectly a s the man who could~t organise a booze-up i n a brewery

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In the evenings we we~e e ntertained to s~ ides rel a ting to Scot tish Indu s tri21 Archaeology Scottish Film ~rc~iu es whi ch s howed s me ve ry interesting fil ~s of Scotti sr i ndus tries and street sc e~es in the ea r l y pa rt of t r e century ~nd a v isit to Gl a s gows Tra--tport Museu~ thich is so c)rlore hensive co r 311 f o rm3 of trar port that we fo und the two rours all c wed t o tall y i middot ~ e ~ua te

The re was a choi ce o f visits on Saturla y afternoon as usual They ere to Iew Lanark The Scottish Min ing ~seum or the Scot tish Railay Prese rvatlon Socie tys ha - mile track togethe r with the Bc less Herit lte Area

The PreSidenti a l Address was ~iven by Mr W Th om psc n to th e Confere~ce

dinner on the theme t hat there is little point in preserving reli cs of the past unless they are ell documented for posterity So me of his s i i des showed wellshyrestored sites with no indication whats oever 3S to what they were or what function they performed

The Rolt Memorial Lecture was gi ven this year by Douglas rlague who 3eemed less at ease in collar a nd tie (both askew) and suit t ~ n he did on the Welsh mountain tops last year (refer to Ron Martins repo rt 0 l a st year s co nference) His subject was lithe Artist a s itness) assisted by o rne s ies ~hi c h demonshystrated his wide knowledge in this field Again he seemed le s s at home reading from script t han when adlibbing which had us rolling in the ai s les

Next year s co nfe rence is to be he ld at Loughborough about one third the distance to travel s o we hope to see a greater representati cn from Sus sex It is a rewarding experience

CORDON THOME~SON

19TH CENTURY SLUICE- GA TE AT BOG NOR REGIS

The item in th e June Newsletter unce r this headi g as bo rne fruit Tom Evas has ~een 0 the site and prepared sketches o f the ~~ i ce -gate on the forms provided by ~C~ Martin for r ecorcing These ill be held by Ron with other recording r eports sUDmitted to him Un ortunately it is not poss ible to re pr oduce the sketcres in the Newslett e r

PILLAR BOX ES

On recently looking through ~y flles I c a~e acro sS extracts from an interesting book Tre Letter Bcx by Jean Young rarrugia publish ed by the Centau r Pre ss in 1970

f o llowing the introd ucti o n of the Penny Post in 18 QO there was later found to be a need for r oadside collec tion bo xes a~d these we r e first int rocuced in 1852 3 in th e Cha nnel Islands following a s t udy by the Sur veyors Cle r k Anth ony Trollo pe Iw was late r to ach i e ve r me as a novel ist The fir st mai nshyla nd pi ll r Ol( wa s e r ected at Sa tcherga t e Car lisle arou d _eptembe r 1853 Va r i o s designs were then t r i e t he most famou s being the r l t ed co lumn t yp with ~he vert C3 ( la t er ho ri z nta ) post lng a per t u r e Jntil 185 9 when a

yl indrica ~ta ndard ~3 S 3 op ted Th s e ha n ape rtu r e n gt ~ e s i de rather tha n t~e top ~rcte c te by a f l a p o penlng i war s The aperture was p l ac e d immedia t e ly ~e l w ne projecti ng rim o f t e r oof and inte r 511 Jas r ~ tt ed wl t h a wire g ard to revent t co let ters f a ll ing ou t when the door was 0 ened Th ey we re made in t wo j f f ~ nt si zes and c st by Messrs Co~r rane w i~h a 1n l la1 ba t c h o f 50 cut ca s ti ng J as a l ~wed to cont i nue to ~ee t dem Hnd

Joon Tllley a rew Secret a r y to th e Post Office tho ugh t that a he xagonal esign ~oul d ~e ~ n i mp rovement and n 1866 a de s ign by Mr J w Pen fo l ~ was ~ opt ed and co t Jl e d as s t d r d design un ti l 879 II I th s l l h t modif i ca tlO ns -r e y wer cas t by Coch r ane Gr ove an d Company (succe s sor s to Coc hrane s7) d bore t he o ya l C ~pter

In 1870 an ~p r0ved y l i ndrical b x as intr duced oI itn uper i ority 1n a pacity a~ f o r m nd g r eate r econom y ~ o h a s r e gar s o r i gina ost nd

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0ur firs t vsit as to the frigate L ~lI CORN in Dundee This ship is the olje st British built a rspip still afloat ( Le not in dry j ock like eMS Vr Tc Y)

It was built in t~e early 32 s as one cf 3 number ordered 3 t ne time ~s by that time the threat of la po leo n had disappeared these sh ips were gtut into r~serve4 It is i~ terest~ng t o note that t1 ey rad ne ve r t ee n rigged Records in ( icate h 3 t 20 rlggers co l d have rigge~ the ship in j ust un e r 10 Jays if required for actior The UN CO~N Preservation Society i n tend to rig the ship but e xrect it will take th e~ r ather longer Also c f interest is the fact that although she is essentially a wooden vessel iron bracings were used to strengthen the tiClbers

We then went on to the Fishermens Museum at AnstrClther in fife which houses an excellent co llection of tool s of the fisherman 5 skill through the ages returning t o Glasgow in the sun sh i ne with magnificent views o f the Fi~th of Forth especially the new road bridge whi ch we c ros sed and the late 19th ce ntury ra il br idge bull

The following day we were taken to s ee the furnace at 90nawe o n Loch Etiv probably the most complete example of a charcoal - fuelled lron- fu r nac e a nywhe re in 3r i ta in With it cha rcoa l s hee s and ircn - o re shed st i ll s tandlng at a nigher level than the charging house it clearly demonstrates that it required far more charcoal (as t hese sheds had far more storage capacity) than iron-ore The furnace dates from 1752 On the way back we stopped off at th e Auchindrain frm folk-life museum This is a collection of partially restored original build i rgs on the last c omm unal-tenancy farm site wo rked in Scotland right into the 1950s Communal tenanc y was an arr3ngement entered into by seve ral families to lease land for holding 3nd working to achieve self-~ ufficiency In later years bartering and then money for making purchases of esse~tials crept lnto the system

Thursda y saw us departi ng to the South for a v i s it to the Hanlockhead lead mines and Bi ggar Gaswors There are three main attractions at Wa nl ockhld the Loch Nell Mine the Leacir cmiddot J 1useum and the Mining Trail We were taken in parties of 15 at a time ~y an easy level walk about 200 yards into the 18th century mi ne where we we~e shown a number of geological and technical features with a reconstructed ~ining sce ne at the far end The Museum houses a fascinating collection which ill~strates the technical and social history of the industry The Mining Trail was simple to fo ll o w from the leaflet provid e d and t ook us to the various remai ns of the incus try including the water-actuated beam engine

Biggar Gaswcrks is a splend i dly preserved example of a Victorian installation for a small town whi c h looks as though it could be made to work again at sho rt notice should the supply o f North Sea gas suddenly fail At 3iggar we also visited the Gladstone Court Museum where re cons tructions of a number o f sma ll s hops exhibit a uthentic goods and a ppl i ances

On Friday we had rapi d t our of the Lady ictor i Co ll ier y at Newtorgran This village was a o t al mini ng vi l l age having bee n erected by the orig1 na l o wne r who e~ployed their own min i ster a nd pol i ceman The col l ery i s in the early stages of r e novat i on by t he Scot t i s h Mi ning Museum who have made a very i m r~S~iye s ta r t t o a mammoth task The Stea m Windi ng Engine for t e 1650 ft deep pit d

in perfe c o r der a nd a s been steamed r cen t y The Scottisll 1lning Museum are a lso res ponsi l e f or the Prestongrange Coll iery s ite on the banks of the firth ~r For t h wher e t here is a ~el l s e t ou t exni bi tion o f mining ~chines and tools ~e

of the key f ea t ures o f th is H e is t e gian t beam e ngi il by Harve y s o f Ha yle in Cornall (1 87 ~ ) Thi s i s housed in the o r igi nal e gi ne hou s e ~hich i s open t o viSitors and the beam is st ill i n place

On our return we en joyed a t ou r round Lorlmer and Clarks Ca ledonian Brewery on th e les t side o f Edmiddot nburgh ~here lie were promi s ed a si1 pl e of th ir product but unfor t una t e ly our OU r l~aaer declJe ~ha t time d i d not permit us t o pa r t a ke in he ir ~o pi tali t y ~e woul pre f er t o r e ma l n na me l ess a s he is now i n the record cor rectly a s the man who could~t organise a booze-up i n a brewery

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In the evenings we we~e e ntertained to s~ ides rel a ting to Scot tish Indu s tri21 Archaeology Scottish Film ~rc~iu es whi ch s howed s me ve ry interesting fil ~s of Scotti sr i ndus tries and street sc e~es in the ea r l y pa rt of t r e century ~nd a v isit to Gl a s gows Tra--tport Museu~ thich is so c)rlore hensive co r 311 f o rm3 of trar port that we fo und the two rours all c wed t o tall y i middot ~ e ~ua te

The re was a choi ce o f visits on Saturla y afternoon as usual They ere to Iew Lanark The Scottish Min ing ~seum or the Scot tish Railay Prese rvatlon Socie tys ha - mile track togethe r with the Bc less Herit lte Area

The PreSidenti a l Address was ~iven by Mr W Th om psc n to th e Confere~ce

dinner on the theme t hat there is little point in preserving reli cs of the past unless they are ell documented for posterity So me of his s i i des showed wellshyrestored sites with no indication whats oever 3S to what they were or what function they performed

The Rolt Memorial Lecture was gi ven this year by Douglas rlague who 3eemed less at ease in collar a nd tie (both askew) and suit t ~ n he did on the Welsh mountain tops last year (refer to Ron Martins repo rt 0 l a st year s co nference) His subject was lithe Artist a s itness) assisted by o rne s ies ~hi c h demonshystrated his wide knowledge in this field Again he seemed le s s at home reading from script t han when adlibbing which had us rolling in the ai s les

Next year s co nfe rence is to be he ld at Loughborough about one third the distance to travel s o we hope to see a greater representati cn from Sus sex It is a rewarding experience

CORDON THOME~SON

19TH CENTURY SLUICE- GA TE AT BOG NOR REGIS

The item in th e June Newsletter unce r this headi g as bo rne fruit Tom Evas has ~een 0 the site and prepared sketches o f the ~~ i ce -gate on the forms provided by ~C~ Martin for r ecorcing These ill be held by Ron with other recording r eports sUDmitted to him Un ortunately it is not poss ible to re pr oduce the sketcres in the Newslett e r

PILLAR BOX ES

On recently looking through ~y flles I c a~e acro sS extracts from an interesting book Tre Letter Bcx by Jean Young rarrugia publish ed by the Centau r Pre ss in 1970

f o llowing the introd ucti o n of the Penny Post in 18 QO there was later found to be a need for r oadside collec tion bo xes a~d these we r e first int rocuced in 1852 3 in th e Cha nnel Islands following a s t udy by the Sur veyors Cle r k Anth ony Trollo pe Iw was late r to ach i e ve r me as a novel ist The fir st mai nshyla nd pi ll r Ol( wa s e r ected at Sa tcherga t e Car lisle arou d _eptembe r 1853 Va r i o s designs were then t r i e t he most famou s being the r l t ed co lumn t yp with ~he vert C3 ( la t er ho ri z nta ) post lng a per t u r e Jntil 185 9 when a

yl indrica ~ta ndard ~3 S 3 op ted Th s e ha n ape rtu r e n gt ~ e s i de rather tha n t~e top ~rcte c te by a f l a p o penlng i war s The aperture was p l ac e d immedia t e ly ~e l w ne projecti ng rim o f t e r oof and inte r 511 Jas r ~ tt ed wl t h a wire g ard to revent t co let ters f a ll ing ou t when the door was 0 ened Th ey we re made in t wo j f f ~ nt si zes and c st by Messrs Co~r rane w i~h a 1n l la1 ba t c h o f 50 cut ca s ti ng J as a l ~wed to cont i nue to ~ee t dem Hnd

Joon Tllley a rew Secret a r y to th e Post Office tho ugh t that a he xagonal esign ~oul d ~e ~ n i mp rovement and n 1866 a de s ign by Mr J w Pen fo l ~ was ~ opt ed and co t Jl e d as s t d r d design un ti l 879 II I th s l l h t modif i ca tlO ns -r e y wer cas t by Coch r ane Gr ove an d Company (succe s sor s to Coc hrane s7) d bore t he o ya l C ~pter

In 1870 an ~p r0ved y l i ndrical b x as intr duced oI itn uper i ority 1n a pacity a~ f o r m nd g r eate r econom y ~ o h a s r e gar s o r i gina ost nd

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subsequent re pa irs They were cast by ~andysides of Derby In 1883 the posting aperture was lowered by a few inches f rom directl y beneat h th e roof ( the pos ting aperture ~a s not pl aced 1n the door until 1 90 ~) In 1887 i t was poi nt ed ou t t hat

hele was no t hing t o 3ho~ tna t the pillar boxe~ were th e rropert y of the Post f fi ce 90 the Royal Ciphe r was reintroduced

The book quotes the r esults of a survey undertaken In 1964 by the Pos t Office house jou r nal ~hlc h 1s now reproduced CCI Susse x

First Ha t ional St andard 1859- 79

Brighto n i1on t pe l1 e r Road IWet Road

Hexagona 1 Pen fo l ds 1866-79

St Leo nard ~-on-Sea LDndo n Road IClyde Road

AnonymoU9 Cyclindrical 1879-83

(High Pos t i ng aperture) middot

Brighton ~rine Pa r ade Atl ingwo r th St r eet Al ber t Road Stanford Av e nue Cl e r mont RoadP reston Road Stanf o r d Avenue Scuthdown Road Preston Road Dit chling Rise

Eastbourne The Avenue Ma t lock Road Grange Road Watts Lane Carew Road Royal Parade Stanley Road

Hastings Godwin RoadHarold Road

Hove Westbourne Garde ns Hew O1urch Road Queens Garde~sGrand Ave~ue

St Leonards-on-Sea Sp ringfield RoadLondon Road

Worthing farncolbe Road Chape l Road mll Road (Bel size Road)

Aronymous Cy l irdrical 1883-1887

(Lowered p09ting aperture)

Hove Denmark Vi llas

Worthing ~drine Parade West Street Wi nche ls ea Gar dens

In 1964 those with the n Ciprel ie later than 1887 uere s t ill comnon

During the s hort reign of Ed uar d VII I only 161 pi l l ar boxes were lade so these are obviously rare the two recorded exa mpl es were ~iv en as shy

Brighton armdene load Pa t cham Kings Road

n tre inter e ni ng 2 yea rs -an y must have disappeared the P enfo l ~ at St ~eonards was jemolished by a lo rry rurni ~g into it in the sprl~g c tmiddot 1970 b~ t the =irs t National at ~ntpelier Sc ad Brighton is still in use an e row middotj pcate the survey by membD rs le t tl ~g ~e ~no which ones are stil l extant i n t~eir areas a nd of course any tnat ~a y have ~een Jn itted f rom the original list Is it orth ircludi~g those with the iR c i pher or are t~es e still common

J Sf 8LAC~~ELL

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Could the corre spondent who wr ot e i tn i nf ormation concerning the bui lder of Petuorth Sta ti Qn R Cook amp So ns ki nrlly get in touch again as I have most carel es sly mislai d t he letter

J S f BLACKWE LL

BOOK REVI EW

~ Be s w i ~ k in the Parish of Warble ton WarDl eton i pp ~ 1 pound O 8~ )

Th 1S a t tr~ct ively pr odu c ed booklet is not as parochial as the full title seems t o lugges t Not only are the c raftsmen in th ese trades living in the par ish named a nd t re ir bus inesses de scr i bed but co nside rable detail given ~bout t he me t hods of pr e pari ng and ta nning the leathers and processing the textiles ~ecorded rr ~k i ng ~ hese c l ear to the general reader Througrcc the quest ion of e ~f-sufrl cie ncy i n t he pre-nineteenth ce ntury vi l lage is kept to the fore with

int e resting c oncl usio ns The pari sh had tanners a nd textile ~orkers active th llJugh many 2en tu r i e s but as eariy as the l ate s eventeenth century Samuel St o re a mercer could e stablish a f l our i s h i ng and relatively extens i ve bus ine ss supplyi~g needs tha t the parish c raftsmen ~ere unable to meet At the time of his dea th in 17 1 1 h~ s stock of c lo t h and groceries was valued at pound20410s 10d ~ith ou tstanding debts due to him of pound438 18s ld The ta nyard at High Ho lms which c losed in 1769 may well have su f f ered competition from the more efficient Bermondsey tanners Already by the ea rly modern period lo ca l incustries were bei ng affected by com petiti on from producers out side the area Despite this i nve nt o ries of the eig~teenth century show that a third of the househo lds still ~ossessed spin ning wheel s

Molly Bes wick uses a wide ra nge of o riginal source material including that at ~ h e East Suss ex Re co rd Off i ce a nd e ffe c tively selects a nd assembl es her material s The boo k is i l l ustrated ~ith maps facsimil e s of a n inventory and a seri e s o f attracti ve l ine drawings by Margaret Au s ti n 1his is a va l uable little work for those in t e rested in the histo ry of the eastern Weald or in local c raft industry and at the mode~t pri ce is excellent value

Ccpies can be obtained from

Jean i1orri s 2 Scuthside Rus hl ake Green Heathfi eld price pound1 inclusive of pos tage

BRIAN AUSTEH

SUSSEX INDUSTRIAL HI STOR Y

The foll o~ing back numbers ar e stil l ava ila ble from t he Hon Gene ral e Cre t a r y

No 2 Dolphin Motors of Shoreham Lime Kilns i n Cent ral SUssex No 3 Popul at i on change 1n Le~es 1660-1800 Kingston Halthouse 1B44-1971 No 5 Eas t Sussex ~dlestones The West Brighton Estate A bri dge fo r

Lit t iehampton lB21-2 0 8 middot rtrarn middotelL Old orlages ~ewhaven Pumping Plant Buck nurs t Park

lfield Mill Shipowning at Newhaven No 9 Ifield ~il l Restoration Ironmaklng Origins Petworth Water Supply

Ox- car t to Steam Eng~ne Hurst Green foundry Chalk Pits ~seum

An berley No 10 Burton Hill Clayton Wind~11s 9uilding Materials for Brighton

Horsebridge Watermill No 11 Cobb s Mil l Ha s t i ngs Troll eybus Sys t em Ashbur nha~ Br i ckwork s

Thcras Du rrant - Il i lier orthing Elec trici ty Sup ply tjo 12 Pi dd i n gr~ oe Kil n Th e Bakers 0 r Pidd inghoe Li t tl ehampton sing

Bridge Hillman s Brickyard ~stings Trams Iron Working in ~estfield

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No13 Brick and Tile Making on the Dicker Round House Ashcombe ~ater Supply (~orth Priory) Petworth Ice-house arewery ~ell at Hastings ~orthing by Caslight St Pancras Engineering Jo rks at Chichester

No14 Palace Pier Brighton yenh i te and Thomson Ltd Shoreham Airport A Charcoal Burne rs nut Ice-houses in Br ighton ~ining in Su sse x

All abo ve issue s at pound100 plus 25p postage for one copy SO p f or two o r more copies

IA R~IEW INDEX (contd)

VOLUME Ill NUMBER 1

P Stanier Lost Mining Ports of the South Cornish Coast

MII Doughty Samborne Palmers Diary

A Arnott and Beam Ei1gines in Blast-furnace Bl owingM Sayer

N G Calvert Water Mills on the Le va das of Madeira

F Celoria Some SpeCimens of Early Telegraph Cables in the Science ~1useum

CP Griffin Technological Change in the Leicestershire and South Derbyshire Coalfield before c1850

~R Smith Sllloth A Product of Yesterday

VOLUME Ill NUMBER 2

3arrie Trinder The First I ron Bridges

RS Edmundson Coalport China lIorks Shropshire A Comparative Stud y of the Premises and the Background to their Development

AT Herbert Jackfield Decorative Tiles in Use

Barrie Trinder Coalport Bridge A Study i n Historical Interpretation

Ivor J Bro wn Underground in the Ironbridge Go~ge

SB Smith The Construction of the Blists nill Ironworks

Neil Cossons Ironbridge - The First Ten Years

Review Article

DG Tucke~ The aller Publications of the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust

VOLUME III NUMBER 3

Gardon and The Slate Industry of Pembrokeshire and itll 30rders1ary Tucker

T Donnelly Structural and Technical Change in the Aberdeen Gr a nite Qua rrying Industry 1830-1880

Barrie Trinder Two Probate Inventories f r om Industr ial Shr opsh ire

Alex R Bucnan The Engineer s of a Mi nor Por t - eter hea d Scot l and 1712- 18 72

John van Iaun Hill Pits Blaenavonet al

OLUME IV NUMBER 1

1 Ayris Elemore Colliery

Stua rt 1 Miller North versus South The Docks egtispute at Sunderland in the 18 30s

S R Hughes The wansea Canal Nav i gatioCl and Poer Supplier

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VOLtw IV ~IU ~~ S 1 (conte)

lili 3m D Abando ned ~ i Cl eteen th Ce ntury Brick and Til e Works in Central Walts J~ Illir 0 is ill I1tro dt c ion f rom Local Sources

Ga vi~ Bcwie Surviv~lg t3t io Clary 1t eam Engines in ~n e Republic of Ireland

VIJL W1E IV NUMBER 2

firUur Rai s tr i~k -he Rol t ~lem rial Lecture 1979 The Old Furnace i t Coal brookdale Sl~rophie

J K Harriscl ~3ltburn-by-the-Sea The Early Years of a Stockton and Darlington A Harrison Railway Company Venture

faul Reea Excavat io ns at Chatsworth Street Cutting part of the Original Terminus of the Liverc oo l and ~nchester Railwampy

Bennett A Medieval and Iater Water Mill at Norton-on-Tees Cleveland et al

AD George Manchester Rallway iarehouses - A Short Note

VOLUME IV NuMBER 3

AR Griffin The Rolt Memorial Lecture 1978 Sir Humphry Davy His Life and Work

Angus Buchanan The Balmoral Bridge of IK BruneI

amp Stephen Jones

ADM Phillips ~ssland Reclamation and Refuse Disposal in the Manchester area in the nineteenth century

Y KOMatsu The Industrial Heritage in Japan

RA FaLrbair-n An Acco UClt o f a Small Nineteenth-century Lead Mining Company on Alston 1oor

VOLUME V NuMBER

Peter K Roberts Canal Tunnels Associated with Mineral Lxploitation

Barrie Trinder Swindon - An Unfulfilled Opportunity

MS Cotterill The Development of Scottish Gas Technology 1817-1914 Inspiration and ~tivation

SM Lisley Preservation in Industrial Archaeology

R Howes Preserving the Windmills of East Anglia

~OLUME V NUMBER 2

Pe ter K Roberts Boat Levels Associated with Min ing I Coal Mining

Ian Oona crie Industrial Archaeology in Australia

hi lary Green The Linen Incus try of Shropshire

GT Bl oofiel d New Integrated Motor larks in Scotland 1899-914

J Spa vold The Sanitary Pottery InDustries of South Derbyshire 1840-1914

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